Moorestown High School


Moorestown High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Moorestown in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the Moorestown Township Public Schools. Moorestown High School was established in 1904 and recently completed a $12.9 million renovation and addition project, providing a modern, state-of-the-art facility.
As of the 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,293 students and 113.1 classroom teachers, for a student–teacher ratio of 11.4:1. There were 85 students eligible for free lunch and 24 eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
Moorestown High School was involved in the 2003 lawsuit Hornstine v. Moorestown, which involved school policies to prevent a student from becoming valedictorian because of her Individualized Education Program.

Awards, recognition and rankings

For the 1999-2000 school year, Moorestown High School was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, the highest award an American school can receive.
The school was the 14th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology. The school had been ranked 27th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 39th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. Moorestown High School is by far the highest ranked school in Burlington County. The magazine ranked the school 47th in 2008 out of 316 schools. Schooldigger.com ranked the school tied for 93rd out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics and language arts literacy components of the High School Proficiency Assessment.
In its 2013 report on "America's Best High Schools", The Daily Beast ranked the school 474th in the nation among participating public high schools and 40th among schools in New Jersey.
In its listing of "America's Best High Schools 2016", the school was ranked 112th out of 500 best high schools in the country; it was ranked 21st among all high schools in New Jersey and eighth among the state's non-magnet schools.
At Moorestown High School, students have the opportunity to take Advanced Placement courses and exams. About 50% of students on average take this opportunity and take AP courses. 48% of students are male and 52% are female. The student: teacher ratio is 12:1. It is currently unranked in the National Rankings. When it comes to student proficiency, they score 37% for math. Moorestown High School students also score 50% on reading. The graduation rate is 98%. However, when it comes to college readiness, it only scores a 45.5%. It is classified as a large suburban setting school.

Athletics

The Moorestown High School Quakers compete in the Burlington County Scholastic League, which operates under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association and consists of public and non-public high schools covering Burlington County, Mercer County and Ocean County in central New Jersey. With 1,009 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015-16 school year as Central Jersey, Group III for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 822 to 1,068 students in that grade range. The football team competes in the Royal Division of the 95-team West Jersey Football League superconference and was classified by the NJSIAA as South Jersey Group IV for football for 2017-18.
Moorestown High School's record of athletic achievement includes 19 state championships in boys swimming and 15 state championships in field hockey. From 2000 through 2009, the girls' lacrosse team won 10 consecutive state championships.
The NJSIAA ranks New Jersey's high school athletic programs every academic year based on their performances in various sports across athletic seasons. Among all of the state's Group III programs, MHS was ranked 2nd in 2006, 2nd in 2007 and was the Group III winner in 2008, with performances that included first-place finishes that season in football, both boys and girls lacrosse, and boys tennis.
Sports Legends of Moorestown was presented by the Historical Society of Moorestown at the Smith-Cadbury Mansion until the end of June 2010. More than 60 athletes, most of whom are MHS alumni, representing 14 sports were featured.
Bea Thomas, a coaching institution at MHS in field hockey, girls lacrosse and girls swimming, has been featured in The New York Times and Sports Illustrated.
Athletics is a very large part of any high school. Student-athletes have been shown to be some of the most successful and dedicated students. Sports are taken seriously at Moorestown High School. Their teams are very capable of being up for a challenge. The swim teams have been very successful this season and have yet to lose. The football and field hockey team are very good as well and both won their last games. The Moorestown High School Unified Basketball Team won a Gold Medal at the Special Olympics 2018 USA Games in Seattle. The Moorestown High School Unified Basketball Team beat Ohio 27-18 to win the Special Olympics 2018 USA Games. They beat five teams in a matter of four days to win it all. They had also won their first state championship title earlier this year. The girl's soccer team has also put up quite a fight. They went to state championships again this year for the fifth time. They lost 1-0 after playing an amazing game.

Baseball

Cross country

MHS competes in the West Jersey Football League.
In 1957, the varsity football team went undefeated, 9-0, and was awarded the South Jersey Group III championship. Since the start of the playoff era in 1974, the team won the South Jersey Group III championship in 1975 and the South Jersey Group II championship in 2000. In 2007, the team went undefeated, 12-0, and won the Central Jersey Group III championship by defeating Long Branch High School, 20-6.

Ice hockey

In 2001, the boys' lacrosse team won the Tournament of Champions title, defeating Summit High School by a score of 8-3 in the final game of the tournament. In 2008, the team won the state Group II championship in 2008 with a 9-8 victory against West Morris Central High School and the state Group III championship in 2011 by defeating Ridge High School by 7-3 in the title game.
Sean DeLaney was named to the 2009 and 2010 NCAA Division I lacrosse All-America team and is a member of the Denver Outlaws.
The girls' varsity lacrosse team has won 21 state championships, the most of any school in the state and more than the next four programs combined; the team has won the Tournament of Champions in six of eight years since the NJSIAA instituted the final tournament in 2007. From 1999 to 2010, the team accomplished an unprecedented level of achievement, including: A streak of 228 consecutive wins against New Jersey teams; a record of 270 wins and 12 losses versus all teams, including in-state and out-of-state powers; and 10 consecutive Tournament of Champions titles, emblematic of the state's top team.
Mary McCarthy Stefano was named to the 1985, 1986 and 1987 NCAA Division I lacrosse All-America first team and the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame. Jessica Champion was named to the 2007 NCAA Division I lacrosse All-America team; Margie Curran to the 2007 and 2008 team; Cara Giordano to the 2009 team; and Brooke Cantwell to the 2010 team.

Rowing

The school's principal is Andrew Seibel. His core administrative team includes two assistant principals.

Notable alumni